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Cephalomyidae
Taxonomy
Cephalomyidae was named by Ameghino (1897).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Dasyproctidae by Wood and Patterson (1959).
It was assigned to Hystricomorpha by Ameghino (1897); to Caviomorpha by Kramarz (2001), Vucetich et al. (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Busker and Dozo (2018).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Dasyproctidae by Wood and Patterson (1959).
It was assigned to Hystricomorpha by Ameghino (1897); to Caviomorpha by Kramarz (2001), Vucetich et al. (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Busker and Dozo (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Cephalomyidae Ameghino p. 493 |
| 2001 | Cephalomyidae Kramarz |
| 2015 | Cephalomyidae Vucetich et al. |
| 2018 | Cephalomyidae Busker and Dozo |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Cephalomyidae Ameghino 1897
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G. †Cephalomys Ameghino 1897
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†Cephalomys arcidens Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Asteromys annectens Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Asteromys prospicuus Ameghino 1897 [synonym], Cephalomys plexus Ameghino 1897 [synonym], Cephalomys prorsus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Orchiomys prostans Ameghino 1897 [synonym]
†Cephalomys ceciae Vucetich et al. 2015
Invalid names: Orchiomys Ameghino 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available